Police arrested two persons from a hotel in New Market on charges of cheating youth by assuring them training on Central government's Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Police said the accused Abhishek Tibriwal and Amit Saini had allegedly collected huge amount money from several people assuring them the training.
The accused had given advertisement in a newspaper. Several youth and their parents contacted them after going through the advertisement. They took Rs 5,500 from each of them and assured them giving training on GST on behalf of the Central government.
They organised a training programme at a hotel in New Market area where the victims started dropping in. The police had conducted a raid following a complaint lodged with New Market police station by an advocate of the Calcutta high court.
Parents of many other youth later went to the police station and showed the cut out of the advertisement that they had given in a daily. They also demanded punishment for the accused persons.
The police are trying to find out that whether the duo had earlier committed any such crimes and how many youth they have cheated till this time.